We all wish we knew someone who could show up at a moment’s notice and know what to do and go wherever they were sent.

Need a hand? I know a guy!

If you need help around your house, then maybe you can get a neighbor to do it. But sometimes the job might be too big for the neighbor with questionable skills—even though his heart is in the right place.

Maybe you just don’t want to take any chances and you just want it done right. That’s when you ask around for recommendations and your friends tell you, “I know a guy.” After trusting their recommendation, you were glad you did. Your headache is now gone and the job is done.

THE CHURCH IS GOD’S HOUSE. There are so many moving parts that make it work. The church has so many volunteers that can step in and do things—AMAZING things—with unpredictable results. God put it on the Christian heart to do service for their neighbor and to love one another. Sometimes you need experienced labor that leads to quality results due to professional training. You need someone who knows what they’re doing and makes the job look easy because they practiced really hard before they ever showed up.

As people who serve the church, a lot of times people think it’s synonymous with volunteering. The unspoken secret is that VOLUNTEERS ARE UNRELIABLE, UNTRAINED, AND UNEXPERIENCED. You usually have one or two paid staffers in charge of a dozen volunteers. Some have been vetted with background checks or one-on-one interviews, others just showed up and you have no idea what their qualifications are.

Chaplains let others see very clearly the things we do. If it is truly God's work, then everyone will know that what we have done is very good.